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Around Town: Laguna Beach places ban on single-use plastics on beaches, parks and trails

Print As part of the city’s Neighborhood and Environmental Protection Plan, Laguna Beach has adopted an ordinance that addresses plastic pollution. The ordinance, which took effect on Thursday, bans single-use plastic food ware items in the city’s beaches, parks and trails. The sale, use or distribution of single-use, to-go plastics such as straws, drink stirrers, eating utensils and take-out bags made from such material is also prohibited. The city urges local food and beverage vendors to use reusable materials when possible. Restaurants are asked not to provide non-plastic alternatives like paper straws unless a customer requests them. A food vendor may receive a one-year exemption from the ban on plastic food service ware if it can show that the conditions of the ordinance would cause undue hardship.

Orange County artists exhibit at Festival of Arts Fine Art Show

Orange County artists exhibit at Festival of Arts Fine Art Show Printmaker Noriho Uriu watches as her assistant hangs a print on her display wall at the Festival of Arts opening reception in Laguna Beach on Saturday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer) Print Festival of Arts organizers were unsure if the summer festivals would be able to return this year until a matter of months ago. Without question, those involved are ecstatic to be back, even if it meant that the work that usually takes place over the course of a year had to be completed in significantly less time. “There is such a celebratory spirit,” said Sharbie Higuchi, director of marketing and public relations for the Festival of Arts. “It feels like a giant family reunion of the arts, and we are so grateful and pleased that our doors are open and that we get to reconnect with the arts, reconnect with our artists, and actually, one another. I think Laguna Beach and all the art shows are the perfect place to

Hotel tax revenue drop prompts St Charles to get creative in supporting business group

Updated 2/5/2021 9:06 PM The COVID-19 pandemic drastically decreased the annual hotel and motel tax revenue that helps fund organizations such as the St. Charles Business Alliance, but city officials agreed this week to fill the gap for the 2021-22 fiscal year by tapping into the city s general fund. The city s aldermen voted unanimously Monday to allocate $698,600 to the alliance. The general fund will contribute $436,600, while $262,000 will come from Special Service Area funds, which is additional property taxes levied on commercial properties in the core of downtown and used to fund economic projects.   The city also approved $90,000 for the Visitors Cultural Commission.

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